Toy puzzle



No Model.)

T. H. WILLIAMS.

TOY PUZZLE.

No. 531,671. PatentedJan. 1, 1895.

- fi/zzwzrek I UNITED STATES "PATENT ()FFICE.

THOMAS H. WILLIAMS, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY PUZZLE.

srEcIFmArIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,671, dated January1,1895.

Applioationfiled Aprillfi, 189d- Serial No. 507,816- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, THOMAS H. WILLIAMS, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Lynn, in the county ofEssex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Toy Puzzles, of which the following is a specification.My invention relates to improvementsih devices of the above class andconsists of a peripherally grooved wheel, having suitable handles torotate the same, a ball adapted to run in the groove on the wheel andpockets at the periphery of the wheel for discharging the ball into andreceiving it from the groove. The object of my invention is to'furnish adevice of the above class that will test the view of device showing sameas held by the operator.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Referring to the drawings A represents a wheel which may be made ofwood, metal, or

any suitable material.

On the peripheral face of the wheel A is a groove B of suitable depth toact as a guide for the ball D as hereinafter set forth.

D represents a ball which may also be made of any suitable'material.Abullet or common toy marble of suitable size to run in a groove may beused.

The wheel A is provided with suitable handles 1-1. Hz-by means of whichit may be the pockets P. P which communicate with the groove B.

The pockets P. P. may be formed in a lug 0 extending from the peripheryof wheel A or they may be formed in the wheelitself substantiallyas-shown in Fig. 5. When formed upon lug G the pockets are on oppositesides of the lug. (See Fig. 4.) Thepockets P. P

preferably one is shallower than the other.

The game is played by placing the ball in the shallow pocket (the devicebeing so held that the ball is retained therein) and then so rotatingthe wheel A by the handles H, that the ball is discharged into thegroove B and after running along the same caught in the deeper pocket. I

.I claim as novel and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A toy puzzleconsisting of a disk with a grooved peripherial face and suitablehandles for rotating the same, one upon each side, projecting from thecenters of its lateral faces,

are of suitable size to receive the ball D and a ball adapted to run inthe groove, and pockets at the periphery of the disk for dischar ing theball into the groove and receiving it from thesame, substantially asdescribed.

2. A toy puzzle consisting of a disk with a grooved peripheral face andsuitable handles for rotating the same, one upon each side, projectingfrom the centers of its lateral faces,

a ball adaptedto run in the'groove, a lug ex

